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The falls are located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the locality of Beech Forest at an elevation of 314 metres (1,030 ft) above sea level and range between 45–49 metres (148–161 ft) in height.[2] Hopetoun Falls adjacent to the Apollo Bay – Beech Forest Road about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Beauchamp Falls turnoff and roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the coastal town of Apollo Bay.

Much attention has been given to preserving the natural characteristics of Hopetoun Falls while allowing ample access for visitors. The falls have a large set of well-built and maintained stairs that lead down a natural patio to a viewing platform very close to the foot of the waterfall. Hopetoun Falls plunges 30 m in a rectangular shape.

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Victoria (Australia)
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Victoria is a state in southeast Australia. Victoria is Australias most densely populated state and its second-most populous state overall, most of its population is concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city, Melbourne, Australias second-largest city. Prior to British European settlement, the area now constituting Victoria was inhabited by a number of Aboriginal peoples. With Great Britain having claimed the entire Australian continent east of the 135th meridian east in 1788, Victoria was included in the wider colony of New South Wales. The first settlement in the area occurred in 1803 at Sullivan Bay, and much of what is now Victoria was included in the Port Phillip District in 1836, Victoria was officially created as a separate colony in 1851, and achieved self-government in 1855. Politically, Victoria has 37 seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 12 seats in the Australian Senate, at state level, the Parliament of Victoria consists of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. Victoria is currently governed by the Labor Party, with Daniel Andrews the current Premier, the personal representative of the Queen of Australia in the state is the Governor of Victoria, currently Linda Dessau. Local government is concentrated in 79 municipal districts, including 33 cities, although a number of unincorporated areas still exist, Victorias total gross state product is ranked second in Australia, although Victoria is ranked fourth in terms of GSP per capita because of its limited mining activity. Culturally, Melbourne is home to a number of museums, art galleries and theatres and is described as the sporting capital of Australia. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is the largest stadium in Australia, and the host of the 1956 Summer Olympics, Victoria has eight public universities, with the oldest, the University of Melbourne, having been founded in 1853. Victoria, like Queensland, was named after Queen Victoria, who had been on the British throne for 14 years when the colony was established in 1851. The first British settlement in the later known as Victoria was established in October 1803 under Lieutenant-Governor David Collins at Sullivan Bay on Port Phillip. In the year 1826 Colonel Stewart, Captain S. Wright, fly and the brigs Dragon and Amity, took a number of convicts and a small force composed of detachments of the 3rd and 93rd regiments. Victorias next settlement was at Portland, on the south west coast of what is now Victoria, edward Henty settled Portland Bay in 1834. Melbourne was founded in 1835 by John Batman, who set up a base in Indented Head, from settlement the region around Melbourne was known as the Port Phillip District, a separately administered part of New South Wales. Shortly after the now known as Geelong was surveyed by Assistant Surveyor W. H. Smythe. And in 1838 Geelong was officially declared a town, despite earlier white settlements dating back to 1826, days later, still in 1851 gold was discovered near Ballarat, and subsequently at Bendigo. Later discoveries occurred at sites across Victoria

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Great Otway National Park
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The Great Otway National Park, located in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia. The 103, 185-hectare national park is situated approximately 162 kilometres southwest of Melbourne and it contains a diverse range of landscapes and vegetation types and is situated within the Otway Ranges. The parks were combined after a campaign by the local community, the park is a popular area for interstate and international tourists, with companies operating tours in the region. It contains three camping areas at Johanna, Aire River and Blanket Bay, the park is accessed from the east via Apollo Bay, from the north via Forrest or Beech Forest, or from the west via Princetown. The park covers both coastline and hinterland in the Otway Ranges and so includes both beaches and forest, accessible via walking trails, the park and the Aire River campground are home to a significant koala population. The Cape Otway Lighthouse is adjacent to the park and is open to tourists throughout the week, migrating whales and dolphins such as southern right and southern humpback, and bottlenose dolphins can be observed from the coasts. The Great Otway National Park is extremely rich in fungal diversity, although hundreds of species of flora and fauna are listed in the Great Otway National Park Management Plan, there is only a single reference to fungi. The reference is to the pathogen, Chalara australis that affects myrtle beech. However, the majority of fungi in the Park perform beneficial ecological roles. In fact, most fungi perform positive rather than negative roles, even parasitic fungi – often regarded only negatively – are a vital part of healthy ecosystems, regulating ecosystem functions. As primary recyclers of organic matter, saprobic fungi break down fallen branches and leaf litter, other fungi form symbiotic relationships with other organisms. Although rarely acknowledged, the majority of plants in the Great Otway National Park form mutually beneficial mycorrhizal relationships with fungi. Given the great diversity of plants, specialist habitats and micro-climates in the park, two hundred and seventy-eight species of fungi are listed in the Atlas of Living Australia. This is likely to be only a fraction of the number of fungal species that grow in the Park. Despite their essential roles in underpinning terrestrial ecosystems, fungi are barely recognised as a part of Australias biodiversity. Although Australia has national and state level biodiversity conservation strategies and has ratified international conventions, there is currently no statewide biodiversity strategy for managing biodiversity in Victoria and the Colac Otway Shire Environment Strategy makes no reference to fungi. There is however, a deal of interest in fungi among the local community. The Australian citizen-science organisation, Fungimap is also documenting and mapping the distribution of fungi including those that occur in the Great Otway National Park, one of the tiniest yet conspicuous species found in the wetter parts of the park is the ruby bonnet

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Australia
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the worlds sixth-largest country by total area, the neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. Australias capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney, for about 50,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who spoke languages classifiable into roughly 250 groups. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades, and by the 1850s most of the continent had been explored, on 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia has since maintained a liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy comprising six states. The population of 24 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard, Australia has the worlds 13th-largest economy and ninth-highest per capita income. With the second-highest human development index globally, the country highly in quality of life, health, education, economic freedom. The name Australia is derived from the Latin Terra Australis a name used for putative lands in the southern hemisphere since ancient times, the Dutch adjectival form Australische was used in a Dutch book in Batavia in 1638, to refer to the newly discovered lands to the south. On 12 December 1817, Macquarie recommended to the Colonial Office that it be formally adopted, in 1824, the Admiralty agreed that the continent should be known officially as Australia. The first official published use of the term Australia came with the 1830 publication of The Australia Directory and these first inhabitants may have been ancestors of modern Indigenous Australians. The Torres Strait Islanders, ethnically Melanesian, were originally horticulturists, the northern coasts and waters of Australia were visited sporadically by fishermen from Maritime Southeast Asia. The first recorded European sighting of the Australian mainland, and the first recorded European landfall on the Australian continent, are attributed to the Dutch. The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutch navigator, Willem Janszoon. He sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in early 1606, the Dutch charted the whole of the western and northern coastlines and named the island continent New Holland during the 17th century, but made no attempt at settlement. William Dampier, an English explorer and privateer, landed on the north-west coast of New Holland in 1688, in 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain. The first settlement led to the foundation of Sydney, and the exploration, a British settlement was established in Van Diemens Land, now known as Tasmania, in 1803, and it became a separate colony in 1825. The United Kingdom formally claimed the part of Western Australia in 1828. Separate colonies were carved from parts of New South Wales, South Australia in 1836, Victoria in 1851, the Northern Territory was founded in 1911 when it was excised from South Australia

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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation

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Waterfall
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A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of drops in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of an iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls are commonly formed in the course of a river. At these times the channel is narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens slowly, as the watercourse increases its velocity at the edge of the waterfall, it plucks material from the riverbed. Whirlpools created in the turbulence as well as sand and stones carried by the increase the erosion capacity. This causes the waterfall to carve deeper into the bed and to recede upstream, often over time, the waterfall will recede back to form a canyon or gorge downstream as it recedes upstream, and it will carve deeper into the ridge above it. The rate of retreat for a waterfall can be as high as one, eventually, the outcropping, more resistant cap rock will collapse under pressure to add blocks of rock to the base of the waterfall. Waterfalls normally form in an area due to erosion. After a long period of being formed, the water falling off the ledge will retreat. Eventually, as the pit grows deeper, the waterfall collapses to be replaced by a steeply sloping stretch of river bed, a river sometimes flows over a large step in the rocks that may have been formed by a fault line. Waterfalls can occur along the edge of a trough, where a stream or river flowing into a glacier continues to flow into a valley after the glacier has receded or melted. The large waterfalls in Yosemite Valley are examples of this phenomenon, another reason hanging valleys may form is where two rivers join and one is flowing faster than the other. Waterfalls can be grouped into ten classes based on the average volume of water present on the fall using a logarithmic scale. Class 10 waterfalls include Niagara Falls, Paulo Afonso Falls and Khone Falls, young Wrote Waterfalls, form and process this work made waterfalls a much more serious topic for research for modern Geoscientists. Ledge waterfall, Water descends vertically over a cliff, maintaining partial contact with the bedrock. Block/Sheet. Classical, Ledge waterfalls where fall height is equal to stream width. Curtain, Ledge waterfalls which descend over a larger than the width of falling water stream

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Aire River (Victoria)
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The Aire River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in The Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria. The Aire River rises below the Otway Ranges in a forestry area southeast of the locality of Beech Forest. The river descends 555 metres over its 40 kilometres course, including a 49 metres descent over the Hopetoun Falls in its upper reaches, the river is traversed by the Great Ocean Road and the Great Ocean Walk near the rivers mouth. It was named by the surveyor George Smythe after the River Aire in Yorkshire, list of rivers of Victoria Great Otway National Park

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Beech Forest, Victoria
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Beech Forest is a town in Victoria, Australia. The area of Beech Forest is largely used for potato farming, the town was named after the many myrtle beech trees of the area. Beech Forest Post Office opened on 10 May 1890 and closed in 1994, the town had a railway station on the Crowes railway line from 1902 until 1962. Much of the route of the old railway has been converted to the Old Beechy Rail Trail, via which cyclists, cliff Young, winner of the 1983 Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon at the age of 61, lived in Beech Forest. Media related to Beech Forest, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons Walkabout Travel Guide - Beech Forest Bureau of Meteorology Daily Rainfall - Beech Forest

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Apollo Bay
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Apollo Bay is a coastal town in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the side of Cape Otway, along the edge of the Barham River and on the Great Ocean Road. The town had a population of 1,095 at the 2011 Australian census and it is now a tourist destination, though it is smaller and quieter than other nearby places such as Lorne. It is also host to the annual Apollo Bay Music Festival, in winter to spring, southern right whales come to the area mainly to breed, to give birth their calves, and to raise them in the warmer, calm waters of South Australia during their migration season. Less frequently, humpback whales can be seen off the coast, Apollo Bay was part of the traditional lands of the Gadubanud or King Parrot people of the Cape Otway coast. In the 1840s the Henty brothers established a station at Point Bunbury on the western end of the bay. The bay was named by a Captain Loutit in 1845 when he sheltered his vessel, the first European settlers were timber cutters in the 1850s who subsequently established sawmills. Farmers later moved into the area and a settlement on Apollo Bay named Middleton developed. A Post Office of that name opened on 1 May 1873, during this period almost all access to the area was by sea. The township of Krambruk was established in 1877, and a school was open by 1880, with the upgrade of the road to the town in 1927 and the completion of the Great Ocean Road in 1932, the town became a tourist destination and an important fishing port. In 1936 a submarine telegraph and telephone cable from Apollo Bay to Stanley provided the first connection to Tasmania from the mainland, the Apollo Bay Telegraph station closed in 1963 and is now a museum. On July 10,1932 the coastal steamer Casino sank while attempting to berth at the town jetty, earlier shipwrecks have occurred along the Cape Otway coastline. Events and festivals held in Apollo Bay include, Great Ocean Road Marathon Apollo Bay Seafood Festival Apollo Bay and Otway District Show The Apollo Bay Music Festival, a poster for the festival of 1999 by Jeff Ragus was featured on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post in 2006. The Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club was established in 1952 as a result of a meeting held on the foreshore by interested townspeople, the Apollo Bay SLSC became the ninth club to be affiliated with Surf Lifesaving Victoria. It is now affiliated with the new amalgamation between two Victorian lifesaving organisations, Life Saving Victoria, the Apollo Bay Sailing Club aims to provide a wide range of opportunities in sailing to a diverse range of abilities and age groups. Apollo Bay Golf Club is on Nelson Street- and Apollo Bay Pony Club -, the town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Colac & District Football League

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Government of Victoria
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The Government of Victoria, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Victoria. The Government of Victoria, a constitutional monarchy, was formed in 1851 as prescribed in its Constitution. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Victoria has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, under the Australian Constitution, Victoria ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth. Victoria is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, Executive power rests formally with the Executive Council, which consists of the Governor and senior ministers. Victorias public service has a reputation as one of the best in Australia, Victorian Ministry List of Victorian government agencies Local government areas of Victoria Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Government of Victoria website

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Gibraltar Falls
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The Gibraltar Falls are a cascade waterfall on the Gibraltar Creek, in the Australian Capital Territory, approximately 50 kilometres from Canberras city centre. The falls have a 50-metre drop, in Namadgi National Park, the falls are near Corin Road in the Gibraltar Creek Pine Forest. A gravel track from a car park provides access to a lookout to view the falls. There are a number of walking trails near the falls, near the falls is a car park, public toilets, and a picnic shelter with a gas barbecue. The falls have a 50-metre drop, there is not much drainage on Gibraltar Falls, though water will still fall from the falls during drought conditions. Three Glossy Black-Cockatoos were spotted at the falls in November 2000 and these birds are not frequently found in the territory. Bushwalks used to place to get to the falls. The Australian Heritage Commission commissioned a report on the falls called An archaeological investigation of the Gibraltar Falls recreation area, list of waterfalls of Australia Media related to Gibraltar Falls at Wikimedia Commons

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Apsley Falls
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The Apsley Falls are two waterfalls on the Apsley River in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The falls are located about 20 kilometres east of Walcha, and 1 kilometre off the Oxley Highway in a deep gorge and they are the first falls in a succession of dramatic drops in an area that has some of the most remarkable scenery in Eastern Australia. The first drop of the falls is about 65 metres in depth, and the second, Aboriginal people tell the story of how the Rainbow Serpent created the gorge at Apsley Falls in the Dreamtime. The Rainbow Serpent is said to travel underground from the base of the falls to reappear 20 km upstream at the Mill Hole on the Apsley River in Walcha. The site is now marked at the Mill Hole by the Rainbow Serpent mosaic made with the help of the local Aboriginal community. Apart from Aboriginal significance of the area as a place, John Oxley passed by the falls on 13 September 1818. He described it as “one of the most magnificent waterfalls we have seen”, Oxley named the Apsley River and wrote in his journal that he was lost in astonishment at the sight of this wonderful natural sublimity. In 1902 three men, Ted Baker, Jim McMillan and Wattie Joiner built the wooden stairway that zigzagged its way from the top of the gorge to the waters edge. All timber used in dangerous and mammoth task was hand dressed with an axe. The original stairway was used until 1932, when it was declared unsafe, quite some time after parts of this stairway rotted and became dangerous, the Walcha Lions Club set about the huge task of erecting a steel staircase and viewing platform to halfway down the gorge. One of the Lions, Lindsay McMillan, designed the structure, lookout. All materials were supplied by the Walcha Shire Council and it took the Lions Club members 1,745 hours to complete the job during 1961, the Lions were internationally, and justly, recognised for their tremendous contribution here. The official opening of the stairway was on 14 October 1961 by the state member for Armidale. The sheer sided walls of the upper Apsley Gorge are largely caused by the slate in this area which splits vertically, the gorge rim supports a vegetation of forest and woodland with a limited understorey of shrubby plants. Wedge-tailed eagles may be seen soaring on the thermals in the area, kangaroos, crimson rosellas, echidnas also known as spiny anteaters and wallabies frequent the area. Since the National Parks and Wildlife Service took over they have constructed additional lookouts and walkways to view and photograph this magnificent gorge and the two falls. There are several short walks that can be taken from the car parks, the main falls and gorge can be easily viewed from several lookouts which are readily accessed via stairs from the car park. In addition the Oxley Walk is a 2.7 km, 1½ hours walk on a sealed walkway, which crosses the river via a footbridge, then continues around the northern side of the gorge

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Carrington Falls
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The Carrington Falls is a plunge waterfall across the Kangaroo River located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia. The falls are situated where the crosses the western escarpment of the Budderoo Plateau to descend to the Kangaroo Valley. There are wheelchair accessible viewing platforms of the falls, the township of Robertson developed after the passing of the Robertson Land Act 1861 which encourage people to settle in the area. Carrington characters, Creating a dynasty, John Missingham and his wife Mary moved from Jamberoo Valley to Carrington Falls in the 1880s, work was difficult to find but John eventually got a job in Robertson building fences and horse yards. Uneducated but ambitious, John took bold steps to improve his situation, determined to learn to read and write, John would walk ten miles to attend night school at the local teachers house in Robertson. As his schooling progressed, John became a reader and developed one of the most comprehensive libraries in the region. To ensure that the Missingham children gained from his endeavours, John and Mary provided accommodation for the local teacher and their home also doubled as a church once a month. John Missingham was active in the community - elected as councillor for the Wingecarribee Shire Council and he also developed a passion for the bushland around Carrington Falls and was a member of the first trust. Working the mill, A hazardous living, In the early 1900s John Missingham purchased a mill at Carrington Falls. He mainly logged on private property but eventually secured a licence to remove suitable timber from the surrounding forests. Most of the timber removed was hardwood - used for building houses in the area and they logged what they needed, employing local men using bullock teams to cart the logs to the mill. Until the 1940s bullock team hauled the logs along the escarpment edge to the mill and it was very risky business particularly difficult moving up and down steep escarpments along rough, boggy tracks. The bullocks were eventually replaced by trucks, but conditions were still fairly hazardous, four generations of Missinghams worked the family sawmill until its closure in the 1980s. Carrington Falls video https, //www. youtube. com/watch. v=4uXq5aUmFnE List of waterfalls of Australia

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Dangar Falls
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The Dangar Falls is a cascade waterfall located across the Bielsdown River about 1.2 km north of Dorrigo in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The falls are small, picturesque, and are a photographic subject. For a short time after rain they are quite spectacular, there is an attractive picnic spot which offers excellent views. It is possible to climb down the banks and walk along the river below the water falls, in the past the waterhole has been the scene of several tragic accidents. Despite warning signs from the council, the 30-metre high falls remain a popular jumping spot for tourists. In 2012 a 19-year-old German tourist died after jumping from the falls with her friends

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Ebor Falls
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Ebor Falls is a cascade waterfall on the Guy Fawkes River, located near Ebor and about 37 kilometres north-east of Wollomombi on Waterfall Way in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The first lookout is on a road, approximately 200 metres off the Waterfall Way. This viewing platform shows the upper falls tumbling 115 metres over 4 layers of columned basalt rock in two falls, the lower Ebor falls,600 metres further on, plunge over Permian sedimentary rocks into a steep forested gorge below. In 2008 the waterfalls were attracting up to 80,000 visitors each year, camping is not permitted at Ebor Falls, however camping is available at nearby Cathedral Rock National Park. The falls were first protected in a reserve in 1895. In September 2008 new lookout platforms were opened and these replaced platforms that were destroyed by fire in 2007

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Ellenborough Falls
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Ellenborough Falls, a horsetail waterfall on the headwaters of the Ellenborough River, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Ellenborough Falls is situated in the Greater Taree area and is near Elands and Comboyne, the waterfall has a single drop of about 160 metres although some estimates place it at 150 metres or 200 metres. At the falls there is a kiosk, picnic tables and a barbecue area, there is also a viewing platform and walking trails

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Fitzroy Falls, New South Wales
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Fitzroy Falls is a village in the Wingecarribee Shire, located with the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia. The locality was known as Yarrunga, but was renamed after the 81-metre waterfall, at the 2011 census, Fitzroy Falls had a population of 208 people. The waterfall was known to the indigenous Wodi Wodi people, the first European settler to see it was Charles Throsby, in the early 19th century. Near the head of the Yarrunga Creek in the Morton National Park, the waterfall was named in honour of Sir Charles Fitzroy, while a town was planned for the area in the 1860s, little development occurred. With the advent of vehicles, Fitzroy Falls became, and still remains. Substantial parking and catering facilities have provided, together with pathways and boardwalks that enable able-bodied visitors to view the falls. List of waterfalls of Australia Fitzroy Falls Reservoir Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre, Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre economic report. Fitzroy Falls - Morton National Park, the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Furry Software Pty. Ltd. and Berrima District Historical and Family History Society

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Katoomba Falls
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A tourist park with unpowered and powered camp sites and cabins is located near the head of the waterfall on Scenic Drive. List of waterfalls of Australia Katoomba Falls

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Minyon Falls
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The Minyon Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Repentance Creek in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The waterfall descends more than 100 metres over the huge rhyolite cliffs which were part of the Tweed Volcano. The water flow eroded the underlying basalt away to create the waterfall, the National Parks and Wildlife Service do not permit camping in the Minyon Falls area, but a camping ground is provided 2 kilometres west of the falls at Rummery Park. A shorter,2.5 kilometres track runs from Minyon Grass to the bottom of the falls, another walking trail in the area is the Boggy Creek Walk from the Rummery Park Campground to the top of the Falls. The top of the falls is surrounded by wet sclerophyll forest with very tall blackbutt, tallowwood. There are also occasional koala and potoroo sightings, in wet weather conditions, visitors may be encounter leeches. Minyon Falls proximity to such as Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore make it a popular attraction. The falls can also be visited from the Gold Coast, which is a 2-hour journey via the Pacific Highway, the road to the falls is an unsealed road and can be difficult at times to drive. List of waterfalls of Australia You can download a copy of Bushwalking in the Rainbow Region from http

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Nightcap National Park
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The Nightcap National Park is a national park located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The 8, 080-hectare park was created in April 1983 and is situated 35 kilometres north of Lismore, the Nightcap Range is located within the national park. The park is on the edge of the Mount Warning erosion caldera. Creating features of gullies, ridges and a massif of peaks that form the remnants of the Tweed shield volcano. The tallest peak at Nightcap is Mount Burrell also known as Blue Knob with an elevation of 933m above sea level, the Nightcap Range is mostly situated in the park and is a spur off the Great Dividing Range. The basalt and rhyolite lava that flowed from the Tweed volcano that had erupted over 23 million years ago, has produced various vegetation communities. On soil with a base is warm temperate rainforest that cover much of the park. Nightcap has the highest rainfall in NSW with rain exceeding 2500mm per annum, the mean temperature ranges from 19.1 °C to 29.7 °C, the region can experience high humidity and temperatures can get close 40 °C. High rainfall events and storms of cyclonic strength can occur during the summer, several Aboriginal communities inhabited the region and a spiritual connection to the land, these communities include the Nganduwal, Galibal, Githabul and Widjabal. The Widjabal people lived at Nightcap Range for at least 4000 years, the region is the base for the Bundjalung nation. Historically the park provides rock shelters for the Aboriginal people, the parks landscapes, plants and animals feature prominently in Aboriginal culture and dreaming stories and there are sacred sites of cultural significance in the area. Before it became a park, it provided the historic link between the Richmond and Tweed valleys known as the Historic Nightcap Track. It provided the first bridle track in 1871 and then as of 1874 a telegraph line between the two valleys, a section of this historic link is now part of a walking track at the park. The beginning of the conservation movement involving direct action occurred during 1972 to 1982 in the upper Northern Rivers region. The conservation campaigns started in attempt to prevent further logging of the rainforest in the region, Terania Creek at Nightcap was the site of the first rainforest anti-logging demonstrations in Australia. So overpowering was the draw of these trees that people risked their lives, a spirit of transformation emanated from the forest. Nightcap became a park in 1983 under the Forestry Revocation. The remainder of Goonimbar SF and part of Whian Whian SF was added to the park later that year

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Tin Mine Falls
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The Tin Mine Falls is a cascade waterfall located in the remote Pilot Wilderness Area within the Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Described from top to bottom, the falls consist of non-segmented tiered cascades over bedrock with a few smaller plunges, the falls are recessed into a punchbowl feature making it impossible to view the entire waterfall from a single location on the ground. The falls are located in remote country within the Kosciuszko National Park, the closest access point is the Cascade Fire Trail, a hiking trail that runs south from the Alpine Way, west of Thredbo Village. According to the World Waterfall Database, Tin Mine Falls is the 462nd tallest waterfall in the world, unless the upper limit of the falls is fixed well upstream, to include a long section of shallow-slope non-bedrock streambed, the rumoured height of 360–459 metres cannot be substantiated. List of waterfalls of New South Wales

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Wentworth Falls (waterfall)
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Wentworth Falls is a three-tiered waterfall fed by the Jamison Creek, near the town of Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The falls are accessible via the National Pass Walking Trail and the Overcliff/Undercliff Walk, the total height of the waterfall is 187 metres. Near the falls, there is a knoll that has a large number of grinding grooves created by rubbing stone implements on the rock to shape. These marks have been determined to be signs of human habitation nearby. A picnic area, accessible via a road from the Great Western Highway, is located a short distance from the town of Wentworth Falls, with parking for cars. A trail follows the creek as it cascades down several waterfalls, a fatality occurred in 2000 when an English tourist plunged off the waterfall while paddling in a rock pool. In January 2013, another English tourist died after falling 100 metres when he slipped on rocks, in February 2013, following a period of high rainfall, the Wentworth Falls was reported as looking spectacular with torrents of water flowing. List of waterfalls of Australia Wentworth Falls

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Wollomombi Falls
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The Wollomombi Falls, is a plunge waterfall on the Wollomombi River located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The Chandler Falls are located on the Chandler River, adjacent to the Wollomombi Falls. The falls descend from an elevation of 907 metres above sea level in one drop of 100 metres, at one time they were believed to be the tallest in Australia. However, recent geographical revisions place them at second or third tallest, depending on the source, after the Tin Mine Falls in the Snowy Mountains, several camp grounds and walking tracks are located adjacent to the Wollomombi Falls and provide access to see the waterfall. The Chandler Walk route passes Checks Lookout before reaching the Chandler Lookout, Checks Lookout is about a third of the way along this walk with a view back along the gorge to the falls. At the end of the track 400 metres below the top of the gorge, the Wollomombi Walk takes the walker upstream past a lookout platform and across the Wollomombi River on a long steel bridge. The river can be explored at this point, the track continues to another lookout platform which looks down on the falls from the opposite side of the gorge. A further extension of the ends at a platform with spectacular views into the Chandler River gorge which joins the Wollomombi Gorge. Edgars Lookout provides an easily accessible view of the gorge on the side of the falls lookouts. Facilities include drinking water, pit toilets, shelter shed, fireplace, an information display is also provided. List of waterfalls of Australia Northern Rivers Geology Blog - Wollomombi Wollomombi Gorge, parks, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. Your information guide to Northern NSW, Australia

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Edith Falls
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The falls descend from an elevation of 176 metres above sea level and range in height between 8. 7–12 metres. There are trails to the top of the escarpment, allowing visitors to view the waterfalls, edith Falls is connected to Katherine Gorge via the 66-kilometre Jatbula walk. The traditional custodians of the surrounding the waterfall are the Jawoyn people. List of waterfalls of the Northern Territory Leliyn, parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013

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Florence Falls
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The Florence Falls is a segmented waterfall on the Florence Creek located within the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. The waterfall descends from an elevation of 64 metres above sea level via a series of segmented tiers that range in height between 9. 8–15 metres. Accessed by sealed road, the falls are found near the boundary of the national park. A sign post at Florence Falls mentions two walks for hiking, the Shady Creek Walk is graded easy with a distance of 1.2 kilometres return. The Florence Creek Walk is also graded easy with a distance of 3.2 kilometres return, the Florence Falls plunge pool is listed as great for a refreshing swim besides the usual safety warnings. List of waterfalls of the Northern Territory Media related to Florence Falls at Wikimedia Commons Florence Falls

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Jim Jim Falls
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The Jim Jim Falls area is registered on the Australian National Heritage List. The waterfall descends from an elevation of 259 metres above sea level via one drop that ranges in height between 140 and 200 metres into a pool within the creek. The falls are located near the boundary of the national park and 28 kilometres south of Jabiru. In the dry season, access from the Kakadu Highway is possible via a 60-kilometre gravel road, however, during much of this period the falls dry up and do not flow. In the wet season when the falls are at their most spectacular and it is believed that 140 million years ago much of Kakadu was under a shallow sea. The prominent escarpment wall formed sea cliffs and the Arnhem Land plateau formed a land above the sea. Today the escarpment, which rises to 330 metres above the plains, extends over 500 kilometres along the side of the national park. It varies from cliffs in the Jim Jim Falls area to stepped cliffs. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, tourist Information Kakadu National Park Google Map Map of Kakadu National Park with major camp sites

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Tolmer Falls
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The Tolmer Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Tolmer Creek that is located in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. The waterfall descends from an elevation of 102 metres above sea level in two drops that range in height between 32–42 metres into a plunge pool, accessed by sealed road, the falls are near the western boundary of the national park, approximately 85 kilometres south of Darwin. The falls were named by explorer Frederick Henry Litchfield after his fathers colleague in the South Australia Police. List of waterfalls of the Northern Territory Litchfield National Park, Fact sheet, parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. Australia 4 Wheel Drive Rentals and Goholi Pty Limited

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Twin Falls (Northern Territory)
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The Twin Falls area is registered on the Australian National Heritage List. The waterfall descends from an elevation of 158 metres above sea level via a series of tiers that range in height between 44–51 metres, the falls are located near the eastern boundary of the national park and 80 kilometres south of Jabiru. The falls are accessible by four wheel drive trail,60 kilometres from the Kakadu Highway, the waterfall features within the leading one hundred images selected in 2012 by Australian Traveller magazine to promote Australia as a tourism destination. Facilities adjacent to the include a carpark, picnic area, public toilets. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport

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Wangi Falls
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The Wangi Falls is a segmented waterfall on the Wangi Creek located within the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. The waterfall descends from an elevation of 84 metres above sea level via a series of segmented tiers that range in height between 41–52 metres, accessed by sealed road, the falls are found near the western boundary of the park, approximately 80 kilometres south of Darwin. The plunge pool at the base of the falls is a swimming spot. List of waterfalls of the Northern Territory Wangi Falls, parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. Australia 4 Wheel Drive Rentals and Goholi Pty Limited

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Barron Falls
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The Barron Falls is a steep tiered cascade waterfall on the Barron River located where the river descends from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia. Protected within the Barron Gorge National Park, the volume of water seen in the photo only occurs after substantial rainfall during the wet season. The Barron Falls may be viewed and accessed by road via the Kennedy Highway that crosses the Barron River upstream of the falls, the narrow-gauge Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Skyrail aerial tram also leads from the coastal plain to the tablelands. The train stops at Barron Falls overlook, where passengers may disembark for several minutes, the Skyrail stops at two rainforest mid-stations, Red Peak and Barron Falls. The trail at Barron Falls Skyrail station leads through the rainforest to three separate lookouts providing views of the Gorge and Falls, the falls were named for Thomas Henry Bowman Barron, the Chief Clerk of Police in Brisbane in the 1860s. The falls were one of the most popular tourist attractions in Queensland by the 1890s, visitors are drawn to the natural features and scenery. List of waterfalls of Queensland Media related to Barron Falls at Wikimedia Commons Barron Falls

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Bilbrough Falls
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The Bilbrough Falls, also known as the Goomoolahra Falls, is a cascade waterfall that is located within the Springbrook National Park in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The falls are located in the Gold Coast hinterland district, near Springbrook, at the base of the waterfall the moist conditions have created a good habitat for the giant spear lily. List of waterfalls of Queensland THE BEAUTY OF SPRINGBROOK

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Blencoe Falls
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The Blencoe Falls is a segmented waterfall on the Blencoe Creek, located in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. The falls are situated in the Girringun National Park near Tully, approximately 2 kilometres north of a confluence with the Blencoe Creek and the Herbert River. From an elevation of 517 metres above sea level, the falls descend 320 metres in a drop of approximately 90 metres. The falls can be reached by road from Mount Garnet on the Kennedy Highway, the Kirrama Range Road from Kennedy on the Bruce Highway also provides access from the coast to the falls. This road is now opened and is accessible by four-wheel-drive and high-clearance vehicles, for the latest information relating to the state of Kirrama Range Road one can contact Cassowary Coast Council. Blencoe Falls lookout is approximately 62 kilometres west of Kennedy, the second season of Survivor was filmed in an area close to the falls. List of waterfalls of Queensland Blencoe Falls, Girringun National Park, department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Queensland

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Crystal Cascades
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The Crystal Cascades is a cascade waterfall on the Freshwater Creek in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. The largest waterhole is sited alongside a sheer cliff which locals, the most famous part of the cliff is called No Fear which is the highest perch from which to jump. In 2014 an 18–year–old man drowned when he failed to resurface after slipping over the edge of the waterfall, list of waterfalls of Queensland Media related to Crystal Cascades at Wikimedia Commons Cairns Attractions Website

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Daggs Falls
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The Daggs Falls is a plunge waterfall on Spring Creek that is located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The falls are located east of the town of Killarney and descend from the McPherson Range, the falls are situated directly on the roadside and there is a lookout provided. Four other waterfalls are located in the area surrounding Killarney, including the Queen Mary Falls, Teviot Falls, Browns Falls and Upper Browns Falls

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Elabana Falls
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The Elabana Falls is a cascade waterfall that is located within Lamington National Park in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Access to the falls is via walking tracks from Green Mountains, including the Box Forest circuit, list of waterfalls of Queensland Lamington National Park map, Binna Burra section. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Queensland

A panoramic view of the town, showing the main shopping strip on the Great Ocean Road (Collingwood Street), the foreshore reserve with surrounding hills in background, and the Apollo Bay Golf Club backed by the beach and bay